just look how easy that was, honey.
you just smiled, and i felt so safe
we don't like to think of these things as contests around here.

i want to find a good neighborhood for my heart.
you see how when i laugh, you laugh too?
i never want to hear that smirking sound again that says 'i know i've gone too far.'

i believe in things that no one else believes. i can still laugh like a moon dog.
i'm always wishing for something i've never seen. much like angels, peace, and jesus.
oh what intensities of faith! - i am still capable of blushing when i see the word 'love.'

here's peace: i could be walking to a bar in Red Hook - gems of broken glass winking beneath my feet
in the west, over Jersey, the sun sets in, staining the hills,
while off to my left, the pink moon levitates up to a violet sky.

i always wanted blue eyes. i always wanted better thorns.
i wish someone could wipe off the dust from all these souls, wipe their bones from the streets, from my heart.
i wish to be unafraid. i wish to be better than good.